diff --git a/konova/views/home.py b/konova/views/home.py
index b62e63e..743ef32 100644
--- a/konova/views/home.py
+++ b/konova/views/home.py
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ def home_view(request: HttpRequest):
     user_teams = user.shared_teams
 
     # Fetch the four newest active and published ServerMessages
-    msgs = ServerMessage.objects.filter(
-        is_active=True,
-        publish_on__lte=now,
-        unpublish_on__gte=now,
-    ).order_by(
-        "-publish_on"
-    )[:3]
+    msgs = ServerMessage.get_current_news()[:3]
 
     # First fetch all valid objects (undeleted, only newest versions)
     interventions = Intervention.objects.filter(
diff --git a/news/migrations/0003_auto_20230324_0720.py b/news/migrations/0003_auto_20230324_0720.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0551deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/migrations/0003_auto_20230324_0720.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.3 on 2023-03-24 06:20
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('news', '0002_auto_20220114_0936'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='servermessage',
+            name='unpublish_on',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/news/models.py b/news/models.py
index b9a26e0..cc9fa60 100644
--- a/news/models.py
+++ b/news/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.db import models
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from konova.models import BaseResource
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class ServerMessage(BaseResource):
     body = models.TextField()
     is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     publish_on = models.DateTimeField()
-    unpublish_on = models.DateTimeField()
+    unpublish_on = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
     importance = models.CharField(max_length=100, choices=ServerMessageImportance.choices)
 
     def save(self, user=None, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -34,3 +35,24 @@ class ServerMessage(BaseResource):
                 self.modified = UserActionLogEntry.get_edited_action(user)
 
         super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_current_news():
+        """ Getter for the most current news
+
+        Meaning the ones that are
+            * activated
+            * publish_on has passed
+            * unpublish_on (if set) has not been passed, yet
+
+        """
+        now = timezone.now()
+        news = ServerMessage.objects.filter(
+            is_active=True,
+            publish_on__lte=now,
+        ).exclude(
+            unpublish_on__lte=now,
+        ).order_by(
+            "-publish_on"
+        )
+        return news
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/news/views.py b/news/views.py
index a556e4c..9f1c6e7 100644
--- a/news/views.py
+++ b/news/views.py
@@ -20,14 +20,7 @@ def index_view(request: HttpRequest):
 
     """
     template = "news/index.html"
-    now = timezone.now()
-    news = ServerMessage.objects.filter(
-        is_active=True,
-        publish_on__lte=now,
-        unpublish_on__gte=now
-    ).order_by(
-        "-publish_on"
-    )
+    news = ServerMessage.get_current_news()
 
     context = {
         "news": news,